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Change Ownership of Media Files, Restrict Access to Media Files, To modify media sharing properties

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Lab Manager User's Guide Change Ownership of Media Files The original owner of a media file is the user who added it to the media library. If you have sufficient rights, you can change the owner. To change ownership of a media file 1 In the left pane, click Media. 2 Move the pointer over the media file name and select Properties. 3 Click Change Owner. 4 Select an organization and user and click OK. 5 Click OK. Lab Manager reassigns the media file to the new owner. Restrict Access to Media Files When you add media files to the Lab Manager media library, the files are shared with all Lab Manager users in all organizations. If you are the owner of a media file, or if your user role includes the Administrator View and Control right, you can limit access to a media file by modifying its sharing properties. Depending on your rights, you can restrict access to users in a specific workspace or organization. When you share a media file, you can specify access rights for the users with whom you are sharing the media. Access rights combine with the rights provided by a user's role to determine how that user can interact with the shared media file. Access rights cannot provide users with rights that they do not already have based on their role. NOTE Users can only access media that resides on media stores that are available to their organization and workspace. To modify media sharing properties 1 In the left pane, click Media. 2 Move the pointer over the media name and select Sharing. The Sharing Media dialog box displays the users and organizations that currently have access to the media and their level of access control. 3 Click Remove to stop sharing the media with a user or group. 4 Click Add Users to share the media with a user or group. 5 Select the organization containing the users with whom you want to share the media or select Global to view users from all organizations. 6 Select with whom you want to share the media.  Everyone in Organization shares the media with all users in the selected organization.  Everyone in Workspace shares the media with all users in the selected workspace.  Selected Users shares the media with specific users in the selected organization. Select the check box next to each user with whom you want to share the media. 7 Specify the access rights for the users and click OK. 8 Click OK and Done. 106 VMware, Inc.

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Lab Manager User’s Guide
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Change Ownership of Media Files
The original owner of a media file is the user who added it to the media library. If you have sufficient rights,
you can change the owner.
To change ownership of a media file
1
In the left pane, click
Media
.
2
Move the pointer over the media file name and select
Properties
.
3
Click
Change Owner
.
4
Select an organization and user and click
OK
.
5
Click
OK
.
Lab Manager reassigns the media file to the new owner.
Restrict Access to Media Files
When you add media files to the Lab Manager media library, the files are shared with all Lab Manager users
in all organizations. If you are the owner of a media file, or if your user role includes the Administrator View
and Control right, you can limit access to a media file by modifying its sharing properties.
Depending on your rights, you can restrict access to users in a specific workspace or organization.
When you share a media file, you can specify access rights for the users with whom you are sharing the media.
Access rights combine with the rights provided by a user’s role to determine how that user can interact with
the shared media file. Access rights cannot provide users with rights that they do not already have based on
their role.
To modify media sharing properties
1
In the left pane, click
Media
.
2
Move the pointer over the media name and select
Sharing
.
The Sharing Media dialog box displays the users and organizations that currently have access to the
media and their level of access control.
3
Click
Remove
to stop sharing the media with a user or group.
4
Click
Add Users
to share the media with a user or group.
5
Select the organization containing the users with whom you want to share the media or select
Global
to
view users from all organizations.
6
Select with whom you want to share the media.
Everyone in Organization
shares the media with all users in the selected organization.
Everyone in Workspace
shares the media with all users in the selected workspace.
Selected Users
shares the media with specific users in the selected organization.
Select the check box next to each user with whom you want to share the media.
7
Specify the access rights for the users and click
OK
.
8
Click
OK
and
Done
.
N
OTE
Users can only access media that resides on media stores that are available to their organization and
workspace.